Take a look at the UNA site, which is "A Virtual Tour of the TN. River". It has some old photos, history, and other information on the dams and the Tennessee River. The link is: http://www2.una.edu/geography/tn_web/ Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn L. Arnold" <marilyn.arnold@cox.net> To: <ALCOLBER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 10:05 AM Subject: [ALCOLBER] Wilson Dam Workers/Sheffield/WOODS family > Can anyone on this list recommend resources on the Wilson Dam and its > workers? I am researching the family of Louis (Louie) Fellows Woods and his > wife Willimina (Willie) McKibbon Woods who had two sons Louis, Jr., and > Robert McKibbon Woods. They lived in the Wilson Dam/Sheffield area from > about 1916 (?) to 1929, when they moved to Falls Church, VA. Louie was > either a carpenter or engineer for the Dam (after working on the Panama > Canal). > > In 1920 they were living at Wilson Dam (Census), but their home was later > given as Sheffield (Louie's Federal service records). > > Specifically, I would be interested in: > 1. Sheffield Yearbooks? The boys would have been in HS by the late 1920s > 2. Sheffield phone books/City Directories > 3. Pictures of the building of the Wilson Dam > 4. Pictures of the community of Wilson Dam and Sheffield in the 1915 to > 1930 time period. > > Any suggestions of similar information are welcomed. We are coming to > Alabama in June and would LOVE to find the house where they lived in > Sheffield. > > Thanks! > Marilyn Arnold > > > ==== ALCOLBER Mailing List ==== > Pat M. Mahan, List Administrator and CC > http:/www.rootsweb.com/~alcolber/ > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >